Promoting mutually beneficial relationships between plants and soil microbes that enhance nutrient acquisition by plants could improve crop production without increasing inorganic-fertilizer use.

Plant roots support an array of microorganisms that can have either a deleterious or beneficial impact on plant health and growth. The use of beneficial microorganisms, called plant growth-promoting ...

Clark, F. E. Soil Micro-organisms and Plant Roots (1949). Danhorn T, Fuqua C. Biofilm formation by plant-associated bacteria. ANNUAL REVIEW OF MICROBIOLOGY. 61: 401-422 ( 2007) Dinneny JR ...

Researchers have discovered a biological mechanism that makes plant roots ... nitrogen fixing bacteria called rhizobia and arbuscular mycorrhiza fungi (AMF) which supply roots with phosphorus.

Researchers have discovered a biological mechanism that makes plant roots ... nitrogen fixing bacteria called rhizobia and arbuscular mycorrhiza fungi (AMF) which supply roots with phosphorus.

Bacteria and fungi live together on the surface of plant roots, which can promote symbiotic interactions with the plant.

Interestingly, when the researchers looked for 16-OH-CLA in plants, they only detected it in the shoots and not the roots, unlike all the other known strigolactones. What's more, the compound isn ...